Marinel Kovacs President Maramure ş County Council Romania

1. The development of the high speed road network in Northwestern Romania in the context of the Gdansk / Budapest – Odessa / Constanţa/Varna corridors Marinel Kovacs President Maramureş County Council Romania Nyiregyhaza * March 29,2007

2. The Romanian government and the local authorities have taken within the last year active, concrete steps in promoting high speed road projects in the northwestern part of Romania • Feasibility study for the Petea – Baia Mare 2x2 Expresswayis finalized and construction is planned to start in spring 2008 (financing from the Investment Development Fund) • Feasibility study for the Baia Mare – Zalău 2x1 Expresswayis ongoing, and construction will start in spring 2008 (financing from the European Regional Development Fund) • Construction is ongoing at the “Transylvania”Borş – Cluj – Braşov – Bucharest 2x2 Motorway.

4. Law 363 / 2006

5. 1. The Petea – Baia Mare expressway • Project idea for Vaja (Nyiregyhaza) expressway appeared in 2002 • Feasibility study was ellaborated for Satu Mare / Maramureş County Councils in 2005 – 2006 • Project was declared of national interest and taken over by the National Company for Motorways and National Roads • In 2007, the Feasibility Study will be revised to national standards, and technical project and expropriations will be started • Construction period April 2008 – October 2010

6. 1. The Petea – Baia Mare expressway: Technical description • 75 km long • Estimated construction cost: 526 million euro • 2x2 expressway with motorway characteristics: • Full control of access • The alignment is completely new • Design speed 120 - 140 km/h • Cross Platform of 20,50 m (1.5 m median area, 2 x 2 x 3.5 m traffic lanes, 2 x 2.5 non-paved emergency lane) • Will be built so that it can be upgraded into a motorway (3 m median area, 3.75 m traffic lanes, paved emergency lanes) when traffic requires

7. Development on the Hungarian side

8. 2. Baia Mare – Zalău 2x1 expressway • Project idea for the connection between the Vaja – Baia Mare expressway and the Transylvania motorway exists since 2004 • Feasibility study was ellaborated for the rehabilitation of the existing road in 2005 • Feasibility study is currently being modified for the reconstruction of the road as an expressay • The project will be financed through the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Regional Operational Plan 2007 – 2013 • Construction period March 2008 – March 2010

9. 2. Baia Mare – Zalău 2x1 expressway : Technical description • 51 km long • Estimated construction cost 53 million euro • 2x1 expressway: • Partly uses the existing road • Bypasses all settlements • Partial access control • Design speed 100 km/h • Cross Platform of 11 m (2 x 3.5 m traffic lanes, 2 x 2 m shoulders, of which 2 x 1.5 m paved) • Will be built so that it can be upgraded into an 2 x 2 expressway with median and full access control

10. 3. Transylvania 2x2 Motorway • Construction started in 2004 at the Borş – Zalău – Cluj – Braşov Motorway (416 km), first segments will be finalized in late 2008 or early 2009

11. Connectivity benefits of the Petea – Baia Mare and Baia Mare– Zalău expressways

12. Marinel.Kovacs@maramurescounty.ro